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While AMD's latest generation graphics cards all support hardware acceleration for ray-tracing, the company has not revealed ray-tracing performance numbers during launch events. In the case of the RX 6700 XT, ray-tracing performance numbers have leaked early. 

We know that Intel plans to release its Alder Lake processors before the end of this year and we've recently heard about Lunar Lake coming in 2023 – so what is happening in 2022? Well thanks to another leak this week, we've learned about Intel “Raptor Lake”, which is planned …

Throughout 2020, many industries saw major losses due to COVID-19 and the ensuing pandemic which required shops and venues to close. The gaming industry however not only persevered but thrived during this period, growing to its biggest size ever, with the console market surpassing $50 Billion worldwide. As reported by …

While some games get next-gen patches which offer older titles at higher frame rates, this process often requires the direct input of the developer. With the Series X|S, Microsoft announced that the next-gen Xbox consoles would receive a feature called FPS boost. Though currently only a small selection of games …

As we get closer to a major launch, there is a good chance that we'll see presentation leaks detailing upcoming tech early. This time around, two slides from Intel's Rocket Lake launch presentation have leaked, detailing the full Core i9 and Core i7 line-up in addition to some gaming performance …

Earlier this week, Microsoft officially closed its deal to acquire ZeniMax Media, bringing in Bethesda and other studios into Xbox's first-party line-up. At the time, Phil Spencer promised that we'd start seeing more Bethesda titles on Game Pass starting this week. This evening, Microsoft made good on that promise with …

KIOXIA is getting into the esports sponsorship ring, with Misfits Gaming's League of Legends team being the first to represent the brand at tournaments. The sponsorship deal will see the League of Legends squad running KIOXIA EXCERIA SSDs in their gaming rigs. Misfits Gaming Group was founded in 2016 and …

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, E3 was cancelled last year and most major publishers began exploring hosting their own digital events as an alternative. Square Enix is the latest to do this, with the publisher announcing today that it will be hosting its first “Square Enix Presents” digital showcase next …

We're still a week away from the release of AMD's Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card, but some new benchmark leaks have given us an early idea of what performance to expect in OpenCL and Vulkan games.  Two Geekbench 5 database entries were spotted by @TUM_APISAK. The benchmarks were run on …

Each week, the Epic Games Store offers a title or two for free to all those with an Epic Games account. This week, users can get their hands on Surviving Mars, a “sci-fi city builder all about colonizing Mars and surviving the process”. The game is available to purchase and …

While Gearbox originally announced a March release date for Borderlands 3's Director's Cut DLC, the game is going to need a couple more weeks in development. This afternoon, the release date was pushed back to April. In a tweet this afternoon, Gearbox announced that due to the severe weather in …

It has been a couple of years since Apple updated the Mac Pro, meaning some form of upgrade is likely in the works at this point. Thanks to new leaks this week, we know that the future Mac Pro could be moving to Apple's own custom processors.  The current Mac …

GeForce Now returned to its weekly library update schedule earlier this year, which means a new batch of games are being served up today. This time around, Nvidia is improving GOG support for GFN, paving the way for all The Witcher games to be streamed.  Nvidia has been working with …

Archetype Entertainment, a newly formed studio with the goal “to create the greatest story-driven role playing games in the world” has announced that it will be partnering with the award-winning animation company Blur Studio for its upcoming Sci-fi RPG. Archetype Entertainment is a recently formed studio, founded by developers from …

There was once a time when the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were the peak of pop culture, receiving a litany of TV shows, films, toys and even games. While the IP is perhaps not quite as valuable as it once was, there are many fans who undoubtedly look forward to …

The Arkham series of Batman games offered what is widely regarded as some of the most high quality comic book video games. While waiting for Gotham Knights and Suicide Squad, fans can rpelay the old titles. Unfortunately, on Xbox the latest game, Arkham Knight only runs at 900p. This may …

Since AMD announced the Radeon RX 6700 XT, we've been wondering when we might expect to see the non-XT version. As it turns out, the launch might not be too far behind, as board partners have begun listing custom-cooled versions of the RX 6700.  Not much is known officially about …

A few weeks ago during a Take-Two earnings report, the publisher revealed that a new expansion for The Outer Worlds would be releasing in Q1 2021, titled ‘Murder on Eridanos'. Now, Obsidian itself is finally talking about the next step for The Outer Worlds, releasing a teaser trailer for the …

MSI has added a couple of new RTX 3080 Gaming Trio graphics cards to its portfolio. No major aesthetic changes have been made, but the new design appears to be less bulky and some small tweaks have also been made to the backplate. Aside from that, one of these revisions …

As good as all-in-one liquid coolers can be, there are still plenty of people that prefer air cooling in their rigs. This month, Cooler Master is taking care of the air-cooler crowd with the MasterAir MA612 Stealth and the MasterAir MA624 Stealth. The MasterAir MA612 Stealth (and its ARGB counterpart) …

It looks like Intel's upcoming Ice Lake-SP Xeon processors aren't too far away. Signs of life were spotted this week on the SiSoftware Sandra database, revealing the similarly spec'd Xeon Platinum 8352Y and 8352S. There is one key difference between the two chips, however, as the Y variant is for dual-socket configurations while the …

We've known for a while now that MSI plans to roll out a BIOS update for its motherboards introducing Smart Access Memory (SAM) support to Ryzen 3000 desktop CPUs. Now, this BIOS update is officially available, adding SAM for older CPUs and some small performance improvements for Ryzen 5000 series …

We've had plenty of positive news surrounding Rust lately, including a resurgence of players on PC, unfortunately, the streak of good news has come to an end today. Facepunch revealed this morning that a major fire took place at one of the data centres it uses for Rust, resulting in …

Last June, Naughty Dog released the much anticipated The Last of Us Part II. Unlike the first game, which featured an online ‘factions mode’, Part II was announced to be a single player only experience. Though some fans were disappointed, the team assured them that a standalone multiplayer game based …

be quiet! is expanding its line-up of PC cooling gear this month with the launch of the Pure Rock Slim 2 CPU cooler and new MC1 and MC1 Pro M.2 SSD coolers.  The Pure Rock Slim 2 is the latest air CPU cooler from be quiet!, featuring compact dimensions, a …

ASUS ROG first entered the smartphone market back in 2018, delivering the first ROG Phone. Since then, there have been a number of iterations, bringing us to today's launch of the ROG Phone 5. Unsurprisingly, it is shaping up to be the best Android smartphone currently on the market hardware-wise.

Of the many things that Fortnite is known for, one of the biggest attractions that the battle royale game has is its over-the-top season finales, which often include massive battles and cinematics. Previously, these events occurred in real time, meaning if you missed it, then you missed it. For the …

Marvel’s Avengers has had a turbulent life so far. The live service title has underwhelmed both critically and commercially. Despite this however, Square Enix seemingly remains committed to the game, slowly improving the title and adding new content. One of these improvements will soon allow players to replay the campaign …

Back when it was first announced that Microsoft was planning to purchase ZeniMax Media, the console manufacturer celebrated by adding a number of Bethesda games to its Xbox Game Pass service. Now that the acquisition has been completed, it has been announced that more titles are set to arrive later …

Blizzard has finally begun upgrading Overwatch for next-gen consoles. In a patch this week, the developers added Xbox Series X/S enhancements to the game, bringing additional graphics modes – including a 120Hz mode. Overwatch on Xbox Series X/S will now have three different performance/graphics presets. The first is “resolution”, which …